It is right in the city center, just beside the famous Khaosan Road, where there is amazing products and services every night. You can have a lot of things you want there, massages, local dishes, fruits, quiet or loud bars (really loud, I don't know how those people handle the terribly high volume). Prices are good, better than those in Asiatique. Your experiences in the hostel depend on the people that live in the same room. Some are careful not to disturb others. Some come in a group, speaking as they want, ignoring individual travlers. (There was a strange guy who was always sleeping--all I could see was his slippers. )